Itinerary
- Day 1
Lake Manyara National Park
Your hotel pickup happens at 8am for a full day game drive through Lake Manyara National Park. You'll cover 205 square miles of the Great Rift Valley, moving through acacia forests and past giant fig trees while looking for giraffes, elephants, buffalo, baboons, blue monkeys, and hippos. The afternoon gives you chances to photograph wildlife with the lake behind them. By evening you're back at Marera Valley Lodge for dinner.
Included Activities
- Full day game drive at Lake Manyara National Park
Optional Activities
- Bike tour
- Boat excursion
- Accommodation upgrade
- Replace Lake Manyara with Tarangire National Park
- Add extra day to visit both Lake Manyara and Tarangire
Landmarks/POIs Lake Manyara National Park Great Rift Valley - Day 2
Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, you head out on the drive to Serengeti National Park. This journey really shows why Serengeti means 'endless plains' in the local language, and you'll cross 6,900 square miles of park during your time there. The park holds around 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and big cats like lions, cheetahs, and leopards. You spend the night at Serengeti Heritage Camp.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Early breakfast before departure)
Included Activities
- Scenic drive to Serengeti National Park
- Game viewing en route to camp
Optional Activities
- Accommodation downgrade
- Accommodation upgrade
Landmarks/POIs Serengeti National Park - Days 3 - 4
Serengeti National Park
You have a full day or more in Serengeti with flexibility to adjust things based on what you prefer. Each morning you and your guide talk through timing, deciding when to wake up and when to head out on game drives. You might do a morning drive with relaxation time back at camp later, or go for a full day out with a picnic lunch. The pace is yours to set.
Included Activities
- Full day game drive(s) in Serengeti National Park
Optional Activities
- Picnic lunch during full-day game drive
- Accommodation downgrade
- Accommodation upgrade
Landmarks/POIs Serengeti National Park - Day 5
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
You'll get a very early wake-up call for an early game drive when animals are most active, and you'll catch one of the park's best sunrises. Back at camp by mid-morning for brunch, then you travel to Ngorongoro Crater. This 102 square mile crater sits inside walls 2,000 feet high and holds nearly every East African wildlife species, including rare black rhinos. The crater floor has a river, swamps, a soda lake with flamingos, forest, and open plains. You arrive in time for sundowner drinks at Rhino Lodge on the crater rim.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Brunch (Rewarding brunch at camp after morning game drive)
Included Activities
- Early morning game drive in Serengeti
- Game viewing during sunrise
- Scenic drive to Ngorongoro Crater
- Crater rim experience
Optional Activities
- Accommodation upgrade
Landmarks/POIs Ngorongoro Crater - Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater
You start very early and head down to the crater floor for a morning game drive in one of the most striking wildlife locations on Earth. After viewing wildlife, you have a picnic lunch beside the hippo lake. A short game drive happens in the afternoon before you climb back out and exit Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
- Meals
- Lunch (Picnic lunch near hippo lake)
Included Activities
- Morning game drive on crater floor
- Picnic lunch near hippo lake
- Short afternoon game drive
Landmarks/POIs Ngorongoro Crater
